Chicken-coop



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J. H. BREWER.

CHICKEN COOP.

No. 388,016. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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J. H. BREWER.

CHICKEN 000?;

No. 388,016 Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

UMTED STATES PATENT @rrrca JACOB H. BREWER, OF ANXAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CHICKEN COOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,016, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed March 13, 1888. Serial No. 267,072. {No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JACOB H. BREWER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Annapolis, in the county of Parke and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chicken-Coops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of chickeucoops, and thepurpose thereof is to provide a structure which shall be portable andsecure from the depredations of rats and similar animals. It is also mypurpose to provide a coop having a separate feeding compartment suppliedwith water, and having all the necessary facilities for brooding, theentire structure being simple, easily set up, and of comparatively smallexpense.

The invention consists in the several nove features of construction andnew combinations of parts,hereinafter fully described, and defined morespecifically in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 isan end elevation. Fig. 3 is a front elevation with thefeedingconipartment removed. Fig. 4 is a detail section of the coop.Fig. 5 is a view showing a modification.

In the said drawings,the reference-numeral 1 denotes the body of thecoop, which may be formed of any suitable material, wood beingpreferable, and of any suitable size. An in clined roof, 2, is placedupon the coop,having a cross-brace, 3, to prevent warping, andventilation-spaces 5 are formed along the higher and lower portions ofthe roof.

At each end of the coop is formed a window, 6, covered by a foraminousscreen, 7, and having a pivotallymounted exterior shield, 8, whereby thewindow may be wholly closed. In the central portion of the front wall adoor, 9, is formed, having a shield, 10, which may be turned to whollycover the same, said shield having slots 11 cut therein to admit lightand air.

The floor of the coop is composed of a sliding plate, 12, having edgeslats, 13, to prevent warping, and moving upon cleats 14,-attached tothe ends of the coop, and supported by a cleat, 15, along the back.

The feedingcompartment is formed by a latticework, 16, formed in threeseparate portions united by hinges. At each extremity this hingedportion is connected to one of the front angles of the coop by means ofeyes 17, mounted on the last slat or picket and engaging with hooks orpintles 18, mounted on a cleat, 19, attached to the coop, whereby thewhole of the latticework may, if desired, be swung around withoutentirely detaching the same. At the opposite extremity of thelatticework is an eye or eyes, 20, with which a link or hook, 21,engages, connecting the lattice work securely to a cleat, 22, on theangle of the coop. A roofing, 23, is placed over and resting upon thetops of the palings, said roofing being hinged at the points 24: to thefront wall of the coop. A scuttle-hole, 25, is cut in this roofing asnearly above or adjacent to the door 9 as may conveniently be, and thissenttlehole is covered byalid or hatch, 2G,hinged on the lid or root 23.A pin, bolt, or handle, 27, may be mounted on the hatch, if desired, toenable it to be readily opened.

A watering-trough, 28, may be attached to the front wall of the coop bymeans of staples or similar supports, 29.

The roofing ofthe coop maybe ofsolid planking or of the several timbers,boarding, and scantling. I space the palings 16, of which thelattice-work 16 is composed, in such mannor that the grown fowls cannotpush their heads through the apertures.

The vertical slats composing the feedingcompartment of the coop at theadjacent edges of their lower end portions are gained or cut away inorder to form a number of passages for the exit and entrance of smallchickens. The feedingcompartment is bottomless, so that the chickenstherein feeding stand directly on the ground. I may make the bodyportion ofsemicylindrical form, as shown in Fig. 5; but in otherrespects the construction described will be substantially adhered to.

What I claim- 1. A chickencoop consisting of the main bodyl, having thedoorway 9 and ventilatingroof, the feedingeompartment composed of thedetachable lattice-work comprising the end and side sections hingedtogether, and the inclined roof 23, hinged to the front wall of the mainbody and arranged over the feeding.

compartment, substantially as described.

inclosed by a detachable lattice-work comprising palings having theadjacent edges of their lower ends gained or cut out to provide pas- :5sages up for the exit and entrance of small chickens, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. BREWER.

Witnesses:

HENRY SNYDER, WILLIAM B. WEAVER.

